How rare is the name Joycelyn?

5,761 people in the United States have the first name Joycelyn, about 1 in 52,427. It ranks #3,571 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOYCELYN

#3,571

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,761
About
1 in 52,427
This common or more
82.6%
Who bears it

Of the 5,761 people named Joycelyn, 55.2% reported their origin as Black, 24.7% as White and 9.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Joycelyn peaked in 1955, when 156 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
1955
Births that year
156
In 2025*
16 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,622 babies have been given the name since 1916. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Joycelyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,448. The largest share of babies named Joycelyn, 28.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#7,57526
1920s#2,533326
1930s#1,448749
1940s#1,652736
1950s#1,5731,128
1960s#1,918896
1970s#2,715575
1980s#2,971614
1990s#3,539664
2000s#5,438491
2010s#8,015299
2020s#10,439118
Greatest Generation 1901–273.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4519.2%
Baby boom 1946–6428.5%
Generation X 1965–8016.4%
Millennials 1981–9615.9%
Generation Z 1997–1211.4%
2013 and later4.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Joycelyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Joycelyn has been most common in Louisiana (20×), Hawaii (4.2×), and Alabama (2.7×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.21×).

3,125 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Joycelyn

#3,569 Omer · 5,770#3,570 Eulalia · 5,762#3,572 Aditi · 5,753#3,573 Baylor · 5,752

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Joycelyn, most common first.

#558 Jocelyn · 98,533#1,772 Joselyn · 16,968#3,966 Jocelyne · 4,916#3,984 Jocelynn · 4,884#5,346 Josselyn · 3,231#6,615 Jocelin · 2,406#7,760 Joscelyn · 1,931#14,661 Joclyn · 800

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